OK, so I went to a neurologist to find out what the hell is wrong with me. I have suffered from weak leg muscles for at least 5 years now. Getting up from a sitting position is a bit risky for me. If I'm not careful, I'll pitch forward flat on my face. My mother and brother suffer from the same condition. Come to find out, it's called "myotonia congenita" which is related to that falling goat syndrome. Some goats will actually fall over like they're dead if they're startled.

About 3 weeks ago I developed severe calf pain after walking about 50 feet. The pain was burning and quite uncomfortable. My neurologist referred me to a specialist in physical medicine. He performed an EMG where he placed an electrode in my calf. The electrode was hooked up to a monitor which records nerve impulses. So when the doctor inserted the electrode and applied pressure to my calf muscle, the monitor went nuts with this loud noise and violent spikes, something like an EKG or lie detector gone haywire. The doctor exclaimed, "Oh! You've got diver bombers! I've never seen this before! I must call Dr. whatsherface to come see this!" WTF??? Diver bombers? The reason it's called that is because the EMG machine emitted sounds when he pressed on my calf, and it sounded like a kamikaze pilot. To me it sounded like a loud, hard fart. I told the doc, "You're calling it diver bombers, but to me it sounds like a crude mofo farting. You should change the name to "farting cow, I mean farting calf disease!" He damn near fell off the chair laughing.

Anyway, turns out this is some very rare shit. When he called in the other doctor to look and listen to the EMG, she said, "Oh, I've only seen this once. It's very rare." Lawdamercy. Leave it up to my body to have some strange shit. Every time I've had some type of invasive procedure, turns out I have these rare conditions: 4 kidneys, very, very rare form of breast cancer, and now this farting cow, I mean calf syndrome. The medical term is "myokymic discharges." What's the fuck next? Strange thing about it is that after the EMG, as I was walking back to my office, no pain! Mayabe the EMG or electric shocks is the treatment! I'll find out when I go back to my neurologist in a few weeks.

Sounds b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d.

Sorry.

Sorry to hear this! Hopefully it can be treated.

Nobody say "boo" to Shyra!

Genesia said:

Nobody say "boo" to Shyra!

Now, that was funny! Thanks for that, G! I needed it.

Shyra said:

Genesia said:

Nobody say "boo" to Shyra!

Now, that was funny! Thanks for that, G! I needed it.

True story: When I worked in the Wisconsin legislature, there was a state senator who actually raised fainting goats. And he would bring them to the capitol!

Senate and Assembly staff would crowd into his office to say "Boo!" to the goats. They'd just collapse - and then get up a second later and be walkin' around.

Funniest damn thing ever.

I pray everything works out okay for you...

Me to! I hope you receive excellent care and have wonderful results!!

Thans you all. It warms my heart that some of you, whom I have never met in person, care.

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Sorry to hear that. Hope they find a course of treatment that works for you.

Aw dayum girl! You got a lot going on.

It's good you have adequate health care and the right kind of doctors who found out, very quickly, what the problem was.

But please....don't tell anybody you have falling goat disease. Tell them you have diver bombers cuz that shit sound cool and sexy.

hope u r feeling better soon

Genesia said:

Nobody say "boo" to Shyra!

It's not like I won't pick her ass up off the floor afterwards.

I have a question if you dont mind...

Do all 4 kidneys work?

johnart said:

Genesia said:

Nobody say "boo" to Shyra!

It's not like I won't pick her ass up off the floor afterwards.

You's a mess!

tinaz said:

I have a question if you dont mind...

Do all 4 kidneys work?

Very well.

Shyra said:

tinaz said:

I have a question if you dont mind...

Do all 4 kidneys work?

Very well.

That is so cool! Is this a trait that runs in your family?

tinaz said:

Shyra said:

Very well.

That is so cool! Is this a trait that runs in your family?

Not that I know of, but I don't think my other family members had any xrays that would reveal them. I found out when I had an infection and the doctor ordered the xray. That was over 30 years ago.

Shyra said:

tinaz said:

That is so cool! Is this a trait that runs in your family?

Not that I know of, but I don't think my other family members had any xrays that would reveal them. I found out when I had an infection and the doctor ordered the xray. That was over 30 years ago.

I just find the human body fascinating! You have had some hard times, health wise, And you stay so positive... We should bottle you and sell you!

The great thing is that you finally put a name to it. It must feel a teensy bit better that you know what's wrong. Now they can treat it and you can be more confident about standing up and walking. Thank you for sharing this.

I've heard of falling goat disease, but I never knew that a human could get it. Hope you feel better soon.

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